Ralph Hart's Will, Hunterdon Co, NJ 1749 =================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Michael Caldwell, smockfaced@aol.com ====================================================================== Will of Ralph Hart: Be it Remembered, that I Ralph Hart of Trenton in ye County of Hunterdon, and in the province of New Jersey Yeoman, of perfect and sound mind and memory do make and Declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form Following (Viz) Item I give defise and Bequeath unto my two sons Benjamin and Samuel Hart, the Plantation as I now live on, (Being in Trenton, as aforesaid,) to Them their Heirs and assigns for Ever, to be Divided in the following Manner, (Viz) My Son Benjamin, Shall have that part of my plantation as lyes on the south side of the Road, as which goes to Maidenhead, Except my Barn and four acres of Land about the said Barn to accomodate it, and also, one half of my woodland and half my medow which lies on the South sid of the above said Road, which Said woodland & medow is to be Equally Divided Between them; (as to Quantity and Quallity) (Viz) My Sons Benjamin and Samuel and also I Give my son Samuel that part of my Plantation as is on the North Side of the afore said Road, with my Dwelling house and orchard thereon, the Land & premises Bequeath'd as aforesaid to be possessed and enjoyed by them their heirs and assigns for ever: and also my barn the four acres of Land as before Excepted, I give and Bequeath to my Son Samuel Hart his Heirs and assigns for Ever, and also full Liberty of a way to the wood Land & medow bequeathed him on the South Side of my said plantation as abovesaid to pass and repass with wagon and horse or foot, to & from the said land, without hindrance, or molestation. Item. I Give to my Eldest Son Ralph Hart My Sword & my walking Cane Item. I Give to my son Josiah one year old mare colt. Item. I Give to my son Benjamin one Gray Horfe. Item. I Give to my Grandson John Carpenter son to my Daughtor Mary one Long Bible at my **** Item. I Give to my Daughtor Sarah wife to Robert Akers a pine chest with Drawers, Item. I Give to my Daughtor Mercy wife to Joseph Tindall a Cape Bottle and a large pewter Basan Item. I Give to my Daughtor Martha wife to Robert Laining Jed a large looking glass Item. I Give to My Daughtor Elizabeth wife to Joseph Jones a large pewter Dish and a large Jar & Pott Item. I Give to My Daughtor Abigail wife to Stephen Laining a large Blackwall hutt oval table * Item. I Give to my two sons Benjamin and Samuel **** all my outstanding Debts, and also fifty pounds out of my Movable Estate to Enable them to pay my debts. Item. I Give & Bequeath to Sarah my Beloved wife the remainder of all my movable estate tho fifty pounds first deducted out, I also will and order my wife to live in y now dwelling house and I also will and order my son Samuel to support her During her life and at her Dowage I Give and Bequeath unto my son Samuel the remainder of my Personal Estate whosoever and wheresoever, and Lastly I do hereby nomonate and appoint Sarah my wife Ralph Hart & Samuel Hart my two sons to be Executors of this my Last will & Testament, and do hereby Revoke, disallow, and make null and void all and other and former wills and Testaments, and Executors by me made, and named, and ratifying and Confirming this and no other but my last will and Testament, In witness is hereof I have **** hand and *** this second Day of July in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred & forty nine* Ralph "X" Hart {Seal} Published pronounced and Declared by the said Ralph Hart to be his Last Will and Testament in the prefence of Samuel Hunt Willie Phillips Joseph Phillips Samuel Hunt and Joseph Philips Two of the Witnesses to the within Will being Sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God did Severally Depose that they Saw Ralph Hart the Testator Within Named Sign and Seal the Same & hear'd him publish pronounce and Declare the Within Instrument to be his Last Will and Testament and that at the doing thereof the said Testator was of Sound distansin of Mind & Memory as far as thefe Deponents knew and as they Verily believe and that William Philips the other Subscribing Witness was present and Signed his Name as a Witness to the said Will together with these Deponents mayfordJones of the Testator [signed] Samuel Hunt [signed] Joseph Phillips Sworn at Trenton Augt. 22d 1749 before me Theo. Severns Jun. Sarah Hart Executrix and Samuel Hart Executor in the within Testament Named being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God did depose that the Within Instrument *Condeiry* than *Ince* last Will and Testament of Ralph Hart the Testator therein named So far as they know and as they verily believe and that they will *wale youndly* perform the family paying first the Debts of the said Deseased than the Legacy in the said Testament specified so far as the Goods Chattels *Haedits* of the sd Decd Can thereunto Extand if that they will make an Exhibit into the prerogative office in Burlington a Just perfect Inventory of all & Singular the Goods Chattels & Credits of the said Decd. and that shall come to their knowledge or pofefsion or to thefeof epsion of age or other person or persons for their use. [*indecipherable*] Sarah X Hart [signed] Samuel Hart Sworn at Trenton Augt 22d 1749 Theo Severns Junr.